TY  - BOOK
AU  - Chubb,Philip
TI  - Power failure: the inside story of climate politics under Rudd and Gillard 
SN  - 9781863956604
U1  - 363.73874 23
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Collingwood, VIC
PB  - Black Inc. Agenda
KW  - Climate change mitigation
KW  - Australia
KW  - Climatic changes
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Fossil fuels
KW  - Coal trade
KW  - Environmental aspects
KW  - Politics and government
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - What should Australia do about climate change? A succession of leaders has tried to answer this question - and come unstuck. Politicians and public servants call it a 'wicked' problem - one highly resistant to solution - and many approaches have been developed and discarded by the major parties. Some believe Australia's dependence on coal makes effective action impossible. In this book, award-winning journalist Philip Chubb examines the tenacity of fossil-fuel interests and their allies in business, politics and the media when their power is challenged. He reveals and analyses the political strategies of prime ministers Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard as they tried to overcome the obstacles created by Australia's carbon-intensive economy
ER  -